Crossrail opens from Reading to Paddington December 15, 2019 Commuters will now be able to travel from Reading to Paddington in 58 minutes, after a limited section of Crossrail opened yesterday. The new line, under the banner of TfL Rail, marks the largest opening of any part of the Crossrail project, which was supposed to open in December 2018. Read more: TfL updates Tube [...]
People’s Vote campaign pivots to ‘issues of social inequality’ December 15, 2019 The campaign group for a second EU referendum has admitted defeat and will instead lobby the government on social issues related to phase-two of Brexit negotiations. Any chance of a second Brexit referendum slipped away on Thursday, after the Conservatives picked up the largest election majority since 2001. Read more: New People’s Vote chief faces [...]
Boris Johnson plans ‘revolutionary’ Whitehall overhaul December 15, 2019 Boris Johnson is planning a radical overhaul of Whitehall, with plans to abolish departments, sack a third of the cabinet and reform how civil servants are hired. Work has begun by Number 10 on abolishing or merging several departments, including scrapping the Department for Exiting the European Union. Read more: General Election 2019: Boris Johnson [...]
John McDonnell apologises for loss before blaming the media for the result December 15, 2019 John McDonnell has apologised this morning for Labour’s crushing election defeat, while also blaming the media for Jeremy Corbyn’s unpopularity. The shadow chancellor said he must “own this disaster” and he apologised to Labour MPs who lost their seats. Read more: Boris Johnson urges to ‘let the healing begin’ However, when pressed about the unpopularity [...]
General Election 2019: Boris Johnson urges UK to ‘let healing begin’ December 13, 2019 This was a live blog, thank you for following along Read more: UK stocks and sterling surge as Tories triumph at pollsRead more: Election live: Who were the big MP casualties?Read more: UK housebuilders rejoice as shares rise after Tory win 04.30pm: Over and out! That’s it for today – we’re off to get some [...]
Four items on Boris Johnson’s post-election to-do list December 13, 2019 Re-elected Prime Minister Boris Johnson travelled to Buckingham Palace today to ask the Queen to form a majority government in her name after winning big in the General Election. Johnson’s “stonking majority” means his government will have a clear run at enacting his parliamentary agenda and carve out a clear direction for the country. Read [...]
General Election results: Top five takeaways December 13, 2019 Yesterday’s election was truly historic as the Conservatives consigned Labour to its worst electoral defeat since 1935. However, there’s no need to fear if you did not stay up the long hours to watch it. Read more: Boris Johnson says NHS is top priority in victory speechRead more: The City reacts: Businesses ‘eager for clarity’ [...]
Boris Johnson says NHS is his top priority in election victory speech December 13, 2019 Boris Johnson has said the NHS will be his government’s top priority as he reached out to thank those that had voted Conservative for the first time in their lives. Johnson delivered a victory speech just after 7am this morning, addressing traditional Labour supporters who voted for the Tories yesterday. Read more: Boris Johnson praised [...]
Jeremy Corbyn to quit as Labour leader: Who will replace him? December 13, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has led Labour to its worst electoral defeat since 1935, leaving the party to now pick up the pieces from yesterday’s catastrophe. Corbyn said he will not stand as party leader at the next General Election, however he did not give any firm commitment of when he would step down. Read more: Boris [...]
General Election live: Tories on course for majority, says Ipsos Mori poll December 12, 2019 Please manually refresh this page for our latest General Election updates. Voters head to the polls today for the third time in five years in what has been described as party leaders as the “most important General Election in a generation”. Read more: Readers send in pictures of their dogs at polling stationsRead more: Your [...]
